§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many(a) company compulsory liquidations and (b) personal bankruptcies there were in each quarter since 1999, broken down by region. [162214]
§ Mr. SutcliffeTable 1 records the number of company compulsory liquidations in England and Wales by region classified according to groupings of Official Receivers' Offices from 1999 to 2003.
Table 2 records the number of bankruptcies in England and Wales by region classified according to groupings of Official Receivers' Offices from 1999 to 2003.
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2000 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 2001 2001 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Anglia Region 878 744 781 741 961 848 871 841 OR London 338 289 340 318 351 342 361 373 Midland Region 756 840 852 739 904 889 846 770 North East Region 961 982 986 909 1,111 1,130 1,006 981 North West Region 977 885 926 852 1,056 1,084 1,041 927 Public Interest Unit 1 2 0 3 3 1 2 0 South East Region 721 704 658 647 659 765 694 637 South West Region 1035 968 908 809 1,033 1,056 996 938 England and Wales Total 5,667 5,414 5,451 5,018 6,078 6,115 5,817 5,467
2002 2002 2002 2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Anglia Region 926 860 857 884 1,013 1,003 1,082 1,093 OR London 345 404 355 353 450 463 479 541 Midland Region 824 914 915 848 1,046 1,002 1,105 1,034 North East Region 1,035 1,141 1,098 953 1,082 1,208 1,185 1,106 North West Region 1,036 1,080 1,087 913 1,020 919 1,039 890 Public Interest Unit 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 2 South East Region 121 756 806 763 1,017 1,198 1,236 1,167 South West Region 1,131 1,111 1,129 1,030 1,281 1,152 1,087 1,107 England and Wales Total 6,027 6,269 6,249 5,747 6,912 6,948 7,217 6,940